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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is
16.6° C
 (Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 9AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
NE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)88888813161514131312125588779999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)452624232345344771756842393715167981414044313232
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
5
E
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
30
SSE
25
S
10
SE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
1.93
9:07PM
1.78
9:34AM
1.82
10:04PM
1.71
10:28AM
1.73
11:01PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
0.12
3:02PM
0.18
3:21AM
0.21
3:54PM
0.24
4:15AM
0.31
4:45PM
0.30
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:54-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset-----9:10-------9:10-------9:10--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151517181817161719192319171615141515212526242120
Feels °C (?)151517171615151617172015131413121313182224191513
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